FDA approves the use of HPV vaccine for people over the age of 26

Posted: 5:10 PM, October 10, 2018Updated: 5:10 PM, October 10, 2018

The human papilloma virus is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer in women and can lead to oral cancers in men. The vaccine had been recommended for everyone between the ages of 9 and 26. But now, the FDA is extending the upper limit of that age to 45.